Toilet seat



Jab. a1, 1924. 1,480,516

G. C. DOBSON TOILET SE'AT Filed Jan. 31 1921 WITNESSES I INVENTORPatented Jan. 8, 1924.

GRAHAM onARL-Es IDOBSON, on NEW YORK, N.

TOILET SEAT.-

Application filed January 31, 1921. Serial No. 441,310. 7

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GR HAM CHARLES DOBSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, inthe county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Toilet *Seat, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description. The object of the invention is to provide a new andimproved toilet seat, which is exceedingly simple and durable inconstruction and arranged to accommodate either a sectional wood fillingor a composition filling.

Another object is to provide a frame hinge connection between the seat,the seat cover and the bowl.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel fea tures of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim. r "A practical embodiment ofthe invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification, in

- which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved toilet seat with aportion shown broken out; v

Figure 2 is an enlarged section of one side of the same onithe line2-2'of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an-inverted plan View of the rear portion of the seatshowing the hinge connection; and, v Figure 4 is an inverted plan Viewof the front end of the toilet seat showing one of the bumpers.

The toilet seat in its general construction consists of a metallic flatframe 10 and a fillingrll made either of wood or of a suitablecomposition. In case the 'fillingis made of wood, it is formed insections joined together in the usual manner of making ordinary woodentoilet seats. In either case the filling is of unbroken continuity thesame as the metallic frame 10. The metallic frame 10 is provided at itsouter and inner edges with annular mtegral flanges 12 and 13 inclinedupwardly and inwardly towards each other, as plainly shown in Figures 1and 2, and the said: flanges 12 and 13 fit into, correspondingly shapedannular rabbets 14 and 15 arranged on the sides of the filling llso thatthe outer faces of the flanges a 12 and 13 are flush with the outersurface filling 11. It-

will be noticed that by'the arrangement described the wooden filling 11with" its flat under surface rests firmly on the top of the V flatmetallic frame 10, and the said filling is held in place by thevinclinedflanges: 12 and 13, which'latter prevent any partof the filling,especially if the latter is made of wooden sections, from spreading orcoming apart.

In practice, the metallic frame 10 is prefv erably made of aluminum and"the fianges 12 and 13, are approximately atright angles with the planeof the frame to permit .of

placingthe filling 11 in position on top of the frame 10. When thishas'been done, the

flanges 12and 13 are bent inward into the rabbets 14: and 15 to fastenthe filling 11 in place without the useof nails, screws, ad hesivesubstances or other fastening devices.

The metallic frame 10 is-provided atits rear with rearwardly extendingbrackets 20 fastened in place by screws or s1milarfasten-.

ing means 21 passing through-the metallic frame 10 into the filling 11.The brackets 20 are adapted to be engaged by the usual pintle orpintlesto form a hinge connection with the supporting posts attached to-thebowl of the water closet to permit of swing-- ing the toilet seat up ordown on the-posts. V The pintle also makes the usual hinge connection'with the cover for the seat. The under side of the metallic frame 10 isfurther provided at the sides and the front with rubber-blocks'25fastened in'place'by suitable screws, nails or other fastening devices26 extending through the metallic frame 10- as t into the filling '11."The rubber blocks adapted to rest on the top of the bowl. 7

The toilet seat shown and described is i very simple and durable inconstruction and can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention,

presenting curved inner and outer edges 10 and provided in said edgeswith annularrabhets of a depth and length equal tome thickness andlength of the flanges, whereby the flanges lie flush with the fillingand the latter secured to the frame Without addi- 15 tional means.

GRAHAM CHARLES DOBSON;

